🛡️ CVE-2022-36106 — typo3

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-287 OSV
5.0
CVSS Score
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Description

TYPO3 CMS missing check for expiration time of password reset token for backend users

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> * CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C (5.0)

Problem

It has been discovered that the expiration time of a password reset link for TYPO3 backend users has never been evaluated. As a result, a password reset link could be used to perform a password reset even if the default expiry time of two hours has been exceeded.

Solution

Update to TYPO3 version 10.4.32 or 11.5.16 that fix the problem described above.

Credits

Thanks to Ingo Fabbri who reported this issue and to TYPO3 security team member Torben Hansen who fixed the issue.

References

  • [TYPO3-CORE-SA-2022-008](https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2022-008)

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-36106 is classified as CWE-287: Improper Authentication. The identity of the caller is not established correctly, so an attacker can act as another user.

Affected software

CVE-2022-36106 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • typo3
  • typo3/cms (from 11.0.0 up to 11.5.16)
  • typo3/cms-core (from 11.0.0 up to 11.5.16)

Timeline and source

Published on 6 March 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
typo3.org (Web)

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-287
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-03-06
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
typo3 — —
typo3/cms 11.0.0 11.5.16
typo3/cms-core 11.0.0 11.5.16

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